Leinster GAA

Leinster GAA
Irish:	Cúige Laighean
Location:	East
Number of counties:	12
Province colours:	Green and white
Major grounds:	Croke Park; Nowlan Park; O'Moore Park; Dr. Cullen Park; Aughrim Park
Most All-Ireland titles
Hurling:	Kilkenny (35)
Football:	Dublin (24)
Most provincial titles
Hurling:	Kilkenny (69)
Football:	Dublin (53)
Interprovincial Championship wins
Hurling:	28
Football:	28
Standard kit
	Regular kit

The Leinster Council is a Provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, rounders and handball in the province of Leinster. The Leinster Council has been partnered with the European County Board to help develop Gaelic Games in Europe. Leinster Council's main contribution to this goal is the provision of referees.

Constituent counties

Kilkenny are the most successful team in Leinster hurling having won the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship on 70 occasions as of 2015.

Dublin head the roll of honour in football having won 54 Leinster Senior Football Championship titles as of 2015.

The Leinster camogie team won the premier representative competition in the women’s team field sport of camogie, the Gael Linn Cup on 26 occasions (click on year for teams) in 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2006 and 2010,

The Leinster provincial junior camogie team won the Gael Linn Trophy on seven occasions (click on year for teams) in 1976, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1999, 2001 and 2007.

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Inter-county competitions under administration by the Leinster Council
Gaelic football	Senior Football Championship Junior Football Championship Under-21 Football Championship Minor Football Championship O'Byrne Cup Gerry Reilly Cup
Hurling	Senior Hurling Championship Intermediate Hurling Championship Junior Hurling Championship Under-21 Hurling Championship Minor Hurling Championship Walsh Cup Kehoe Cup

Governing bodies of the Gaelic Athletic Association
GAA Provinces and Counties
Provincial councils	Connacht Leinster Munster Ulster Britain
Connacht	Galway Leitrim Mayo Roscommon Sligo
Leinster	Carlow Dublin Kildare Kilkenny Laois Longford Louth Meath Offaly Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
Munster	Clare Cork Kerry Limerick Tipperary Waterford
Ulster	Antrim Armagh Cavan Derry Donegal Down Fermanagh Monaghan Tyrone
Britain	Gloucestershire Hertfordshire Lancashire London Scotland Warwickshire Yorkshire
Other counties	Asian Australasia Canadian Europe Germany New York United States
Non-county bodies	Annual Congress Féile na nGael Higher Education Irish Collegiate Handball Association Games Administration Committee Scór
Associated bodies	GAA Handball Camogie Association Ladies' Gaelic Football Association
Structure of the Gaelic Athletic Association